The Prof wrote:yomptepi wrote:We are leaving, and unfortunately that was the democratic will of the people
The problem is that "the people" weren't clamouring for a referendum.
Hardly anybody was interested a few short months ago apart from Farage and his cronies and the right of the Tory Party.
So "the people" were forced to make a decision based on lies & misinformation. The vote result showed an underlying mistrust of government and a hint of racism but most people didn't have a clue what they were actually voting for.
In fairness, Prof, the people weren't forced to do anything.
In his desperate attempt to hang on to short-term power, Cameron recklessly gambled with the country's long-term future by offering voters a needless referendum on which the majority of people either weren't given or couldn't be arsed to discover the full facts.
Sadly, the effects of Mr Cameron's stupidity will continue to echo long after large numbers of those who voted to leave will have died.